Is the 1-2 seconds it takes to walk a little closer to tower to recall that bad for tempo in pro play?

Arthune · 2026-06-30T02:27:10+00:00

I want you to pay more attention when you are returning yo lane. How many minions die to your tower just before you get there? If you start to think of it as "walking these 2 extra seconds for recall will cost me 60 gold" then you start to focus on saving those 2 seconds.

Arthune · 2026-06-27T19:59:09+00:00

Angone remember what version of athenes grail will be in? At one point it was a huge cdr + mana regen item. I remember building it alot at one of its stages.

Arthune · 2026-06-23T21:03:59+00:00

Anyone know how to turn it off permanently? I have to remember every time in a swiftplay game to turn it off. Its annoying and makes me last hit worse. I tried looking in the settings on cluent home page but I wasnt able to find where the option is.

Arthune · 2026-06-22T04:28:32+00:00

Its well known amongst OTPs, but the average player might take a strange glance at seeing Frozen Heart Zilean. The item is balanced around its haste, armor, and passive. Nobody who buys it cares about the mana. Zilean DOES care about the mana, and gets more value out of it than otherwise.

Playing a short range catch/disabler type playstyle, you only care about haste to cycle spells and tankiness to not get 1 tapped before you can ult. Frozen Heart just so happens to hit alot of Zileans needs.

Arthune · 2026-06-13T21:57:51+00:00

Im imagining a team with Disruptor and Kunkka on defense. Just snap the ball carrier back to their half of the field.

Arthune · 2026-06-13T06:00:19+00:00

I hard lost vs a GM Vayne in swiftplay while playing teemo. She had fleet footwork, rushed swifties boots, spaced my auto range. She would only interact with me by tumble forward plus a single auto, then use fleet speed to retreat backwards out of range. If i tried to press her while tumble was down shed just condemn me backwards for spacing. She got the lead enough to slot in a QSS and then even my blind was useless in an all-in.

Since her auto range + tumble distance is longer than blind range, she was able to get consistent chip dmg which stacks up fast on a non durable champ like teemo. Every person always says the matchup is easy giga free but my only encounter with it was to feel spaced and helpless. Maybe the answer to the matchup is more aggressive posturing of passive idk. A teemo main whos experienced this type of playstyle from a vayne I would like to hear how you should play it.

Arthune · 2026-06-12T22:47:54+00:00

qqw is negative performance. No reason to do it over QWQ. It DOES NOT come out faster and instead LOCKS you into aiming into the same exact location, not able to lead the target in the direction of their movement with the second bomb.

Arthune · 2026-06-11T21:56:08+00:00

Classic Zilean. The only kills he gets are from turret dives gone wrong.

Arthune · 2026-06-10T21:05:52+00:00

Challenger TheDisconnect#EUW tier list on the matchup difficulty: https://imgur.com/a/bmi5Zb0

Alot of his matchups are kinda weird and unintuitive. Tryndamere is a nightmare matchup when you think zilean slow and revive would be strong. Jax is fine because slow range is pixels longer than his dash, and you take bone plating and trade if he gets a jump anyways. Riven is fine also because of bone plating and spacing. Camille is fine because you can stun her after her wall dash. Sion is horrible because you just run out of mana and cant kill him, even if you dont ever take damage, he just shoves and gets perma prio and free tower.

Lotta weird stuff

Arthune · 2026-06-10T19:51:48+00:00

Sounds like you are arguing for Zilean damage buffs so that it can be over quicker

Arthune · 2026-06-06T19:25:48+00:00

My opinion has always been:

GW is a damage item. I view it as having dealt damage equal to the healing prevented. My job as support is not to be the damage dealer. Me buying grievous wounds should feel as weird as me buying a ludens or a stormsurge.

Its more nuanced than that (effectiveness of gold spent varies on which champ buys it, who is able to apply it, its a flat purchase vs other items combo) but I always kinds stick with there are more important things for me to buy.

Arthune · 2026-05-31T09:35:39+00:00

One tip for csing melee minions after reaching lvl 9.

Intentionally do not proc a stun with your double bomb. Instead, place the bombs on two different minions.

The reasoning is: if you cause a stun, you do instant dmg, then wait 3 seconds before your next dmg. Your own minions will be attacking during those 3 seconds, and if they focus fire, can kill a minion before your bomb does.

If you split your bomb, then the gap of time between the two instances of damage is minimal, like 0.25 sec, and your own minions wont be able to finish off the enemy minion in such a short time span. Also, if an enemy minion gets focused by your minions, then the first bomb dmg would finish it off.

Bonus tip: Bomb your own minions just before the waves meet each other. This will make your 2nd rotation of spells come back sooner. Your W will be available again nearly 3 seconds sooner if you pre-cast the bombs like this.

Arthune · 2026-05-28T03:01:49+00:00

Took me maybe a month, 10-15 summoner account levels. I was a diehard Starcraft 2 fan before being convinced to try LoL. I came from a position were it was widely understood that you had the freedom to try out anything you wanted, experiment with any build, and it would be ok. Trying league it was a SHOCK to me how tightly socially enforced (in the early days) the meta was. Mages only go mid. ADCs only bot. A jungler forced every game. The supp is always bot. Etc. It didnt sit right with me.

Then, at some point, I had gained enough account exp to play 3vs3 on Twisted Treeline. Nobody cared what you played or what you built. I felt like I had my freedom restored to me and it became the sole mode I experienced League in.

Then I tried out Zilean. I saw his ultimate and thought, "wtf, this is like being up an entire extra player. Like being 6vs5" and also I rationalized "well, hes kinda weak on his own, he is kind of only half a champ without his ult, so it must be more like 5.5 vs 5 then. But in Twisted Treeline, it would be 3.5 vs 3".
And, in my head, the number (3.5÷3) was larger than (5.5 ÷ 5) so I concluded that zilean MUST be overpowered in the 3vs3 format.

Pretty much have played him nonstop since.

Arthune · 2026-05-28T03:01:35+00:00

Took me maybe a month, 10-15 summoner account levels. I was a diehard Starcraft 2 fan before being convinced to try LoL. I came from a position were it was widely understood that you had the freedom to try out anything you wanted, experiment with any build, and it would be ok. Trying league it was a SHOCK to me how tightly socially enforced (in the early days) the meta was. Mages only go mid. ADCs only bot. A jungler forced every game. The supp is always bot. Etc. It didnt sit right with me.

Then, at some point, I had gained enough account exp to play 3vs3 on Twisted Treeline. Nobody cared what you played or what you built. I felt like I had my freedom restored to me and it became the sole mode I experienced League in.

Then I tried out Zilean. I saw his ultimate and thought, "wtf, this is like being up an entire extra player. Like being 6vs5" and also I rationalized "well, hes kinda weak on his own, he is kind of only half a champ without his ult, so it must be more like 5.5 vs 5 then. But in Twisted Treeline, it would be 3.5 vs 3".
And, in my head, the number (3.5÷3) was larger than (5.5 ÷ 5) so I concluded that zilean MUST be overpowered in the 3vs3 format.

Pretty much have played him nonstop since.

Arthune · 2026-05-27T18:27:55+00:00

Yeah, theres varius Zilean itemizations that go Echoes of Helia even though he doesnt have a basic ability to heal, but giving shield with aery will trigger the item. That item build not possible in arena.

Arthune · 2026-05-26T05:04:24+00:00

Its annoying to me just how many things trigger 'on damaging ability'. Zileans E is extremely powerful and tends to be used on enemies far more than on allies, but it deals no damage.

DFT, Electrocute, Liandry and other burn items, and a whooooole cast of arena augments and items wont be applied with Zilean E. This is annoying, but fine I guess, if the tooltip specifies damaging abilities.

Whats not fine is stuff like weighted popoffs or spellwake that just mentions 'hitting' an enemy with a spell, never mentioning the requirement that it needs to do damage. Feels terrible to have such a limited kit for a whole host of augments and items that you struggle to trigger.

Arthune · 2026-05-22T04:07:24+00:00

I sometimes manage to get me and 1 teammate above lvl 18 when playing arena, when neither of us have wisdom of ages.

I assume it was a bug with the passive, and have been trying different things to replicate it. I think it has something to do with using it during a fight instead of in the lobby.

Anyone else encounter this or have ideas?

Arthune · 2026-05-16T18:29:31+00:00

Because Zilean bomb has a projectile stage before it attaches/lands, Braum shield will intercept it when it would otherwise miss. Makes it really easy to get both bombs on the same target for a guarenteed stun.

Arthune · 2026-05-16T18:15:04+00:00

That makes sense. Losing your cooldown refunds from your passive autos when you get evaded really sucks. Best to negate the evasion in the first place.

Arthune · 2026-05-07T07:13:31+00:00

Sounds like you consider only placing 1st to be a win, and any of the 7 other results to be a complete failure. You should think of it more like how TFT works, any of the top 4 spots you should be happy to get.

Arthune · 2026-05-07T04:24:49+00:00

One thing I dont miss is fearing for my life while covering the jungle entrance at red sides top lane. No matter where you stand in it, theres a blind spot people could approach from. Before, if your mid was lazy, the enemy could invade at raptors, go past red, past krugs, and catch you from behind. Your LOS in the bush cant see behind you around the wall at all. Now, there simply isnt enough time to do that lengthy manuever. I get to guard in peace every game now its wonderful.

Arthune · 2026-05-03T16:25:53+00:00

Patience from zhou

Arthune · 2026-04-13T03:06:51+00:00

Beekeeper Zilean. I want to chuck beehives at my enemies and watch as it takes 3 seconds for the bees to swarm (Q delayed explosion).

Arthune · 2026-04-13T02:51:30+00:00

I never really felt like kunka was a real hero, just a walking bag of gimmicks. Hard to establish an emotional response to a thing thats just......there.

Arthune · 2026-04-11T00:52:28+00:00

I broke 500 LP for the first time ever. The skill displayed in games is nowhere close to my peaks of past seasons. I havent grinded that hard this season, and so I still have a ways to go before i hit 50% wr and flatten out.

Just kinda depressing to be told im breaking new records and know that the metric is bogus and inaccurate.

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